He's talking about the truck version which is only 410 hp and in a much heavier vehicle.
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2026 HEMI or Hurricane?
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Ramintime
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Yessir. Plus with the terrible gas mileage...makes more sense to just go diesel.
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A friend of mine drives a loaded 1500 Laramie with a Hemi. We caught up last night and he was looking over my Rebel with the Hurricane. Forget about HP, Torque or anything else. He cut straight to the point with the most devastating insult. My truck sound like American V8 Muscle, yours sounds like a sewing machine on steroids. 
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Lol, I have a buddy who's like that...he has a 2017 Rebel and I have no doubt that he would say something similar if I showed up with a Hurricane. But of course I wouldn't mind having one.A friend of mine drives a loaded 1500 Laramie with a Hemi. We caught up last night and he was looking over my Rebel with the Hurricane. Forget about HP, Torque or anything else. He cut straight to the point with the most devastating insult. My truck sound like American V8 Muscle, yours sounds like a sewing machine on steroids.
rick619
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I heard they are doing a 10 year 100K warranty on the 2026. Not sure if that's only for the Hurricane, but if so, that would be a good reason to go with it.
Does the 2026 Hemi still have Etorque?
Does the 2026 Hemi still have Etorque?
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All Ram trucks (1500, 2500/3500) gas or diesel other than the RHO I believe.
Yes, the 2026 Hemi is only available with etorque. There is no option for the Hemi without it.
I’m not seeing where Ram is excluding the RHO from the 10yr/100k power train warranty. Can you share where you read that it’s excluded? It has the same engine as the upper trim level models.
Mill72
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I stand corrected with the RHO. Some reason I’ve thought it was excluded due to possible nature of hard offroad usage with tranny and axles portion.
Thanks for the follow-up.
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Posted on FB Ram Group today
nothing 100%, HEMI still having issues
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nothing 100%, HEMI still having issues
6th Gen Ram 1500's (2024+) | I can bet no one has seen this issue | Facebook
I can bet no one has seen this issue! 2026 Ram 1500 Hemi. 6340miles. Yes thats a piece of the broken valve cover, spring retainer/washer, and the top of a broken valve. Not under throttle when it...
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If say that was a one off fluke where the valve retainers werent properly installed. Valve dropped, piston slammed it through the valve cover.Posted on FB Ram Group today
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nothing 100%, HEMI still having issues
6th Gen Ram 1500's (2024+) | I can bet no one has seen this issue | Facebook
I can bet no one has seen this issue! 2026 Ram 1500 Hemi. 6340miles. Yes thats a piece of the broken valve cover, spring retainer/washer, and the top of a broken valve. Not under throttle when it...
BowDown
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Valve tip broke clean across where the locks attach holding the retainer in place. Looks like a valve stem failure to me
Yeah, so like I said, probably a one off freak issue. If the valve itself broke then probably a manufacturing defect.
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The 5.0 makes slightly more peak HP than the hemi, but has anybody seen a reliable dyno curve from a modern generation hemi vs the latest gen 5.0? I would be surprised if the 5.0 made more HP throughout the RPM range and I would think it would be almost impossible for it to make more torque through the RPM band either. But again, I have not been able to find a reliable Dyno curve for both.
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Towing comparisons put the 5.0 ahead of the hemi in terms of acceleration, or requiring less RPMs to climb the same grade with the same load. The 5.0 is a newer architecture and they utilize DI which has definite benefits when it comes to making power. The 5.0 does redline quite a bit higher than the hemi too, so it does like to rev up but I believe it probably matches/exceeds the hemi everywhere at this point when you actually put it in a truck, especially given the f150 is also hundreds of pounds lighter than the ram (which isn't the fault of the hemi... but still.)
I'm not a fan of it though because there is more to an engine than the power it outputs.
BowDown
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The 5.0's have DI, that alone is a huge boost in power across the RPM range and specifically boost low speed torque. From the dyno charts I've seen, it makes about the same or slightly better average power as the 5.7 HEMI. That (DI) is also likely the reason the hurricanes make the power they do
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Thanks for the posts. Yeah I really would love to see an apples to apples dyno. I have seen the towing comparisons but most of those weren’t very equal. Considering gearing, total vehicle weight and the fact that the ram has an 8 speed instead of the 10. Failing that, two trucks of roughly equal weight and gearing would be a decent test.
